I start
in a paramedic program next August, as well as continuing the wildland
fire courses I'm taking, so I may not be going anywhere for the the next
year.

As for
running, I do trail run some, but mostly go for mud obstacle course races.
Right now they have to be late May through early August until I'm finished
with school, but again, we'll see what happens.

Oh, and
for your notes: I have three sons with wonderful wives, and a total of
seven grandchildren. I married, oh so many years ago, an Air Force man,
but traveled overseas to Indonesia when my husband was out of the Air
Force and working for Caterpillar Inc. I've been a middle school teacher,
a fund raiser for a private university, a university-level teacher
(doctorate in Teacher Ed), owned a llama and alpaca business, and
currently am a certified interior attack fire fighter and EMT-Basic going
for wildland fire medic. More than some and less than others.

I tell
people I get bored easily.

My
brother, Chuck Schweizer, '63, has been a financial manager and currently
is working on retiring and enjoying life to the fullest.

NEW FIND (a rare occurrence these days): BOB MONAGHAN ('66) married to
Regina, and living in Carlisle, Ohio. Email:
RMONA62378@AOL.COM. Bob reports:
I lived in St Jean de Braye from 1959 to 1962. Started in LaChapelle in
sixth grade with Mr. Miller. I then went to the high school for 7th and
8th grades. I was in the band and also played in the high school dance
band called the Blue Notes. We rotated back to the states where my dad
later retired at Port Clinton, Ohio. We moved to Cherry Hill, NJ where I
graduated from high school in 1966. I then went to Eastern Kentucky
University where I graduated with a BS in Law Enforcement;minor in Bus Ad.

11 December 2014

MOVED: KATHY WEAVER FERN ('66) from Marina Del Rey, California to
Parachute, Colorado. New email:
KATFERN1@CENTURYLINK.NET.
In September, Kathy retired from teaching at UCLA Arc-ID, and her husband,
Joe, from his staff counsel position with State Farm. They then
swapped the hustle and bustle of L.A. for a quite, rural setting in
Colorado.

25 November 2014

MOVED:

Jim Christol, Class of 1965 & Donna Enoch
(Christol), Class of 1966 have relocated from Yorktown VA to Davidson NC.We are close to Charlotte NC.Jim retired from the USAF in 1996 and again this summer from
instructing F-22 fighter pilots at Langley AFB VA. Donna retired this year
from a rewarding career in the bridal business. We are enjoying our
children, grandchildren and our extra free and travel time. We are
volunteering in the local community. Our latest family fun event was a
night 5K Race here in Davidson NC.

From Mike's
lips to this web page: "My Petersburg High School (Petersburg, VA)
sweetie, Pat and I tied the knot on 21 October. The short ceremony
with families only, took place in Petersburg at Union Station, the place
she and I said goodbye in 1956 when family headed to Orleans. We didn't
see each other for 56 years and then we reunited a few years ago and
bazinga!! We are living in Suffolk, VA and Weaverville, NC.

UPDATE ON IRIS ZAVALA Martinez (64): Iris lives in San German,
Puerto Rico. She is a Clinical Psychologist, having received her
doctorate from the University of Massachusetts in 1984. She
currently serves as the Western Regional Mental Health Director for the
Puerto Rico Mental Health Department. Her email is
IRZAVA2@AOL.COM

8 October 2014

MOVED: CATHERINE MACALOS McWhirter ('75) from Tarrytown, New York to
San Diego, California. Email remains:
MCMAC1013@YAHOO.COM

CLASS OF '60 MINI REUNION: JEAN-CLAUDE PETILON, JUDY HOLDSWORTH
Scott, and KELLY MCCARTNEY had dinner together in Washington, DC on 18
April 2014. Judy's husband, Boo Scott, rounded out the foursome, and
took the photo.

Justice Charles K. Wiggins

Charlie Wiggins
was elected to the Supreme Court in 2010. He was admitted to the
Bar in 1976 and focused primarily on representing hundreds of
clients in appeals, both civil and criminal, in the State Supreme
Court, the State Court of Appeals, the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals, and once as co-counsel in the United States Supreme
Court, in addition to trying cases in several different counties
throughout Washington. He practiced with a small Seattle law firm
at the time known as Edwards, Sieh, Wiggins & Hathaway. He served
as a judge on Division Two of the Washington Court of Appeals,
following which he established a small firm on Bainbridge Island
handling exclusively appellate cases. He has also served as a pro
tem superior court judge in a number of cases in King and
Jefferson Counties and as a pro tem district court judge in Kitsap
County.

The son of a career warrant officer, Justice Wiggins grew up in
the Army and earned the Boy Scout Eagle Scout award. With the help
of an ROTC scholarship, he attended Princeton University, where he
graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He spent the next
four years in the Army Military Intelligence Corps, leaving as a
Captain. While in the Army, Justice Wiggins was able to attend
night school, earning a Masters Degree in Business Administration.
The G.I. Bill helped him to attend Duke Law School, where he
graduated in 1976.

Justice Wiggins is a member of the Supreme Court Rules
Committee, the Administrative Committee, the Personnel Committee,
the Temple of Justice Centennial Committee, the Appellate
Education Committee, the Disciplinary Advisory Round Table, the
Capitol Furnishings Preservation Committee and the Board for Court
Education. While in private practice, Justice Wiggins was active
on the Washington State Bar Rules Committee, the Disciplinary
Board, and other committees and task forces. He served as
president-elect, president, and past president of the Washington
Chapter of the American Judicature Society. He worked with a
coalition of lawyers, bar associations and government groups to
establish the nonpartisan award-winning website
votingforjudges.org. The Young Lawyers Section of the Washington
State Bar Association gave Justice Wiggins their Professionalism
Award in 2008. In 2012, he was awarded the Herbert Harley Award by
the American Judicature Society for promoting the effective
administration of justice.

Justice Wiggins has served as an elder of Rolling Bay
Presbyterian Church on Bainbridge Island, on the Civil Service
Commission of Bainbridge Island, on the Editorial Board of the
Kitsap Sun, and on the Board of the Central Puget Sound Campfire
Boys and Girls. He has traveled to Tijuana, Mexico, with his
church's high school youth group five times to build houses for
families and twice to post-Katrina New Orleans to work with
Habitat for Humanity. In 2001, he partnered with Habitat for
Humanity to organize and lead the lawyers of Kitsap County in
building a home for a single mother and her children, and again in
2009 to build a home for a second single mother and her children,
earning him the 2010 Humanitarian Award from the Kitsap Bar
Association. In the early nineties Justice Wiggins traveled to
Albania three times to participate in judicial conferences,
assisting with that country's transition from communism to
democracy. In 2004 he was named Volunteer of the Year by the legal
clinic of the Union Gospel Mission in Seattle, where he counseled
and represented many residents.

Justice Wiggins and his wife, Nancy, live on Bainbridge Island;
their daughter Amy and son Sam are both now in their twenties. In
their spare time, they enjoy boating in the San Juans, hiking in
the Olympics, and in 2008 rode in the Seattle to Portland classic
bike ride on their tandem bike. Justice Wiggins also enjoys
snowboarding and scuba diving.

MINI
REUNION: TISH BRITT Douglas ('57) REPORTING: Spent a wonderful day on 22 Oct
2013 looking at "old cars" (28 Porsches, mostly vintage, including Janis
Joplin's psychedelic painted 1965 Cabriolet) on exhibit at the North
Carolina Museum of Art with OHS friends MARSHA THOMPSON Fancher ('58), MIKE
STOLL ('57) and his wife Sarah. We ended the afternoon with a late lunch
and laughter at the Bahama Breeze in Raleigh.

23 October 2013

MINI REUNION: RUSTY RALSTON ('65) reporting.
Nancy and I met up with Tish and Gudrun in Asheville, NC for a couple of
days (13-16 October). Here is a photo of us at Pack's Tavern in
Asheville.Toured the Biltmore and did some of the touristy things there.
Had a great time.

MINI REUNION REPORTED BY ELIZABETH STAFFORD Smith ('67): I met these
two lovely ladies for the first time today (4 Oct), as we all live in the
Dallas-Fort Worth area (I just moved here this Summer). We now plan
to make getting together a new tradition. Found out that Gaby Miner
Knudson also graduated from the same high school I did in El Paso, Texas.
Wow! Small world!

We moved here in North Texas as we are both retired
now and decided to share a property with my daughter and her family who
moved up from San Antonio. We chose North Texas as she and her
husband adopted two little girls from S.A. and felt it would be safer to
move some distance from San Antonio as the biological family are heavily
into drug dealing. We now live on a 1.7 acre property with two homes on
it. Ours is rather small (900 + square feet) and we share the large
home's gourmet kitchen, laundry room, etc It is communal
living at its best as we still have our own "space" to retreat to!
We absolutely love being grandparents actively involved in our
grandchildren's lives! I'm also a volunteer at my
granddaughters' school.

RESURFACED AFTER A 12-YEAR HIATUS: MARK YUILL ('67) living in Glen Mills,
Pennsylvania. Email:
MBY@COMCAST.NET. Current photo can be found on the Class of '67 photo
page.

24 August 2013

RESURFACED AFTER A 24-YEAR HIATUS: KATHLEEN YUILL ('69) living in Santa
Barbara, California. Email:
KATHY.YUILL@GMAIL.COM. Current photo can be found on the Class
of '69 photo page.

22 August 2013

UPDATE FROM MELISSA STREETER ('63):

Last year, having sold my home and divesting myself of most of
my things, I decided to honor my life-long dream of living in
France. I had freelanced in Paris twenty years prior, and when I
dialed a friend from that time, she was still at that number! She
introduced me by e-mail to a friend in her building whose
apartment was up for rent, and I took it: 8th floor overlooking
the whole of Paris, my view of the Eiffel Tower a parenthesis
around the beginning and end of each day.

I became a card-carrying member of La biblioteque Andre
Malraux, which gave me access to every library in Paris, and I
routinely checked out books (English, French), film noir DVDs
(organized by director!), used their free WiFi, and browsed and
decompressed, as the French are the most studious and quietly
considerate people on earth. I became familiar with and developed
an addiction to special radio and tv shows (continual language
download), made friends, got invited to museums, en plein aire
markets, outdoor cafes, and dabbled in long conversations about
art, music, literature and other deep subjects to which I mostly
responded, "Mais, ce n'est pas vrai!" I randomly took busses to
whatever neighborhoods they took me to. I criss-crossed Paris on
foot numerous times weekly to gobble up everything in my
path--architecture, conversation, store fronts, deals, markets,
attire, styles, signage. Through it all, I stumbled into
conversations about cultural and language differences with people
I met by chance while in pursuit of an accordion which I'd never
played, pianos for when I am rich, asparagus for that night's
dinner. I took the bullet train to Brussels to visit a friend I
hadn't seen since working in Barcelona with him twenty years
earlier. I went alone and with friends to movies, art gallery
openings, lectures, concerts, church, plays, organ concerts in
famous cathedrales, on the way strolling through parks and gardens
and stopping at brasseries for lunch, un cafe, une religieuse. I
bought avant-garde eye glasses from my neighborhood optometrist
who taught me cool slang. I patronized the local shoe store,
buying four pairs of gorgeous Italian high heels I have yet to
find occasion to wear in Los Angeles where we spend our lives in
our cars. I shopped for groceries each day that started with a
miniscule cup of pitch-black coffee, browsed and bought at
department and used-book stores, sketched, tried out expensive
pens on smooth drawing paper, mingled with other book lovers at
the stalls lining the Seine, and made a pilgrimmage to our beloved
Orleans.

MINI REUNION: MARIE SKOVRAN Sharpes ('67) and SHERRI THOMAS KENSKI
('64) were the instigators of a an impromptu lunch at Kilroy's in
Springfield, Virginia on 14 May 2013. Others in attendance were DAVE
THATCHER ('62) and PATTI KROGMANN, GINGER ROGERS ('64), BILL ROGERS ('67),
MARGARET SHEA McCormack ('65), and GINNY POLLARD Pilzer ('64). Lunch
was good, the conversation was lively, and the camaraderie was great.
Marie, who has entered the alumni fold late in the game, would like to see
more such gatherings. We all agreed they are fun.

Today (11 May
2013) I had the privilege of attending the wedding of Dr. and Mrs. Lee
Brubaker. Both are OHS class of '57. The bride is Gayle Dover, and the
groom, of course, is Lee Brubaker. Gayle and Lee were sweethearts in our
junior year, then Gayle's dad was rotated back to the States for our
senior year and their lives went in different directions. They met again
at the St Pete OHS reunion last autumn. They will reside mostly in
Casper, WY, where Lee continues in his work as a family practice MD.
Their second residence will be Gayle's home on a lake north of Little
Rock, AR. I know that all the OHS family joins me in wishing them great
happiness in the years ahead.

2 May 2013

UPDATE ON ABEL WHITE ('61):

Abel is still working as a field engineer testing
software

delivered for use as an army system to facilitate specific functions:
field

artillery, infantry, Aviation, etc....Love working and enjoy working with

all of the young people of this generation and get to interface with
active

duty military.Chris and I
are still riding horses but have gone from 20 to

6 on the Whiteoak Ranch.My
twin Aubrey is all but retired and doing great.

We are
truly blessed, especially me with all the surgeries and accidents.I am attaching a newer picture of me from this year.Well its actually Aubrey

in the center (retired Colonel) me to his left and my older brother,
Joseph

to his right.This was
recently taken at my Dads burial at Fort Sam Houston

NEW FIND: JAMES MCDONALD ('72): living in Whitsett, North Carolina.
Email: JHM1953@GMAIL.COM

10 Feb 2013

UPDATE ON JAMES CLAYTON ('64): married and living in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. New email:
JANDJTC@AOL.COM

30 Jan 2013

UPDATE FROM BOB SHANER ('67):

After a considerable
amount of planning and preparation, I am pleased to announce my retirement
on 1 March 2013, after 39 years of dedicated service to McDonnell Douglas
and the Boeing Company. I consider myself very blessed and fortunate
to have worked there. I will be leaving with fond memories of the
many fascinating jobs that I’ve had and the great friendships that were
formed along the way.

I will truly miss the people whom I’ve had the pleasure of knowing at
Boeing but look forward to spending more time with my family since this
has always been, and will always remain, my top priority in life. My
granddaughters – Abby (9), Lindsey (7), Megan(5) – and my grandsons – Gabe
(3), Ben (10 months) and Giacomo (1 month) – are at very
interesting ages and provide a constant source of amazement, enjoyment and
pride.

About a year ago, my Dad, Lt Col Elmer E Shaner, passed away at age 90
and Mom, at age 92, keeps asking “are you retiring soon?”. Yes, I am
a sterling example of the “sandwich generation” and feel that the timing
is right for my next “move”.

Met Lance in Monterey last week for the the Big Sur Half Marathon.
We didn’t run but his inamorata, Kimberlee, enters every year; she had a
decent finish. Lance and I wandered the Presidio of Monterey – our
home after Orleans - and waxed nostalgic about our time there. Am
attaching a photo of us outside one of the Defense Language Institute
buildings and one of Lance and Kimberlee in front of our old quarters.
The weather was perfect all 4 days and it great to see my brother again
after 5 years.

Jeannie

PS: Can’t resist also attaching a photo of the great view of Monterey Bay
from my BOQ room

6 Dec 2012

OHS MINI REUNION: An impromptu gathering of eight OHSers and Milt
Creighton's wife, Faye, met at Cathy Rodger's in Alexandria, Virginia for
an afternoon of catching up, and dinner at Le Refuge French restaurant.
What a nice time. We need to do this more often.

On our way to Oakland, CA this weekend for our first
grandchild’s first birthday (Emma Rosa Lamb)

Started a parallel career a few years back. I am an
adjunct at University of Houston, teaching transportation courses in the
Supply Chain track.

Mom (Lillian) passed away in February 2007 and Dad
(LeRoy E. Lamb, Jr,, AUS (RET) joined her in May 2007.

Erika (from Santiago, Chile) and I have now been
married for 34 years, have 3 kids:

James, 32, married one child – Emma Rosa – living in
Oakland, CAErik, 31, JD from Chicago U. School of Law – living in
HoustonGabriella, 26, will receive her MD this coming May from Baylor
College of Medicine. Plans to go into Pediatric Oncology.

Many thanks to all who’ve
sent me messages of encouragement upon learning that my cancer, for which
I’d been treated in 2010 and 2011, had returned.Some of you may know that I returned to work on Dec 1, 2011. But it
seemed I never got my previous energy back. Since early this year, I’ve
been complete taken over by it. Since you are my friends, I’ll spare you
the long and tortuous details.

You all know that when I do something, I go
whole hog, dive in head first, do it up good! On that note, most people
who’ve been diagnosed with cancer deal with just that diagnosis and
treatment and proceed on with their lives.

That wasn’t dramatic enough for me. On a
subsequent visit to my Stanford surgeon, it was determined that my
potassium level was dangerously high, my ureters had collapsed
(endangering my kidneys) and I had another tumor. Drains were inserted
into my kidneys and we proceeded to restart chemo.

The first chemo hit hard and I was down almost
for the whole two weeks til the next one, which was scheduled for 10-3. We
thought the chemo was the problem. When we got to the office on the 3rd,
the PA only took about five minutes and then said "I think we need to
hospitalize you, you're totally dehydrated and your pressure looks way
down."

In French Hospital (in San Luis Obispo) an angel
of a nurse, Erica, just took charge. She, under supervision of Dr. Vatsa
(the admitting physician), started pumping fluids, antibiotics, heart meds
to bring up blood pressure, and to slow down my heart which was in afib
due to the extremely low blood pressure.

They admitted me into the hospital, “for a few
days” - I figured a week and I was right because I came home yesterday,
the 10th.

I’m really glad to be home and am recouping,
still taking some meds. The plan is to restart cancer treatment in a week
or so.

MINI-REUNION: JILL GROSSWILER Orevik ('65) and DAVE THATCHER ('62)
lunched in Silver Spring, Maryland on 5 October 2012. Dave got to
try out another Vietnamese restaurant. He's been hooked on the
Vietnamese Pho soup, since getting introduced to it in 1991.

NEW EMAIL: SUZANNE SCHILTZ Ganim ('63):
SSGTENNIS@HOTMAIL.COM.
Surprise, surprise, surprise! Found Suzanne working as the Conceirge
at the Sirata where we just held the 2012 Reunion. We invited her to
join us, and she did.

UPDATE ON DALE TUDDER Scott ('68): Married to Lloyd Scott for 40
years. Have been working as a Branch Manager for Langley Federal
Credit Union, Hampton, Virginia for the past 11 years. Planning to
retire at age 66. Retired from NationsBank (Bank of America) in 1996
after 23 years as a Teller, Relationship Banker and Branch Manager.
Worked 5 years for BB&T as a Branch Manager. New email:
DATS49@GMAIL.COM

I picked up my Citroen Traction Avant last week in Paris and then got a
fellow K Town Raider at the airport (CDG) and we drove to K Town,
we managed to get on base, (and Ramstein too) and did a good visit…..
there have definitely been some changes since 1970………… serious money has
been spent, and it looks like we are going to be there for awhile….

after K Town we drove down to Colmar in Alsace, where I have a good buddy
and I bought a Mobylette, always wanted one, this one runs
great, got it for 200 E, I will keep it in Aix, sure it will
be handy to pick up the bread and croissants Sunday morning..

From Alsace, we drove down to Gap where my sisters in law, have an
Auberge, then from there to Aix, where I have started some landscaping
projects, have a backhoe working now….

I'm here until the first week in Aug. will drive the Traction back to
Paris, and will for sure stop in Orleans, and see whats going on there...
then back to the Island for Hurricane season… I hope the
Tropics look good for the reunion in Tampa, so I can see you all then.

Take care

Mike

17 July 2012

LETTERMAN'S SWEATER QUESTION: If you have a Letterman's sweater,
would you please take a look at it and see who the manufacturer was. ROYCE
COE '64 would like to replace his lost one, and is particularly interested
in the one with the soccer letter on it. If you have a digital
camera, a photo of it would be helpful. Please email your info/photo
to me, so that I can share with all. Dave

15 July 2012

NEW FIND: STEVE CONGER ('64): married and living in Snellville, Georgia.
Email: SFC2282@MAC.COM

MINI REUNION: PAT O'BRIEN ('62) did DAVE THATCHER ('62) the honors
of a visit at his home in Cambridge, Maryland. The visit included a
tour of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where
afterwards they met up with AGGIE SHEARIN Shank ('62) at McGarvey's Saloon
at the Dock Square on the Annapolis waterfront for a five hour lunch and
catch-up. It was a great visit. The last time Dave and Pat had
seen Aggie was at the 1986 reunion in Las Vegas.

I retired from the
Department of Commerce on June 29, 2012, after 27 1/2 years of federal
civilian service. During my federal civilian career I also worked
for the US Army Reserve, Department of the Army and FEMA. With the
latter I was deployed to Baton Rouge after hurricane Katrina for 30
days. In 1998 I retired from the Army Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel
with almost 28 years of combined active and reserve service. I now will
have much more time to pursue genealogy while waiting for my wife of two
years, Vanda, to retire.

For over 20 years I was a Scout leader, four with the
Cub Scouts and the rest with the Boy Scouts, including five as the
Scoutmaster.. My son, Robby, made Eagle Scout, thus joining his
uncle Bruce (OAHS 67), his grandfather and me. My wife's son, Grady,
is also an Eagle Scout. My wife and I have a cabin in West Virginia
where we go one or two weekends a month to restore our souls. It is
quiet and a great getaway and I plan on spending time there.

I won't be able to make the reunion in Florida, but
wish all a great time and maybe I can make the next one.

25 June 2012

OHS GEAR STORE items: There are currently some St Pete Reunion items
in the OHS Gear Store, and between now and the big event, you can expect
to see more. Items include a button, mug, tote, messenger bag, plate
and candy jar. Coming soon are several shirts and other items you
may like, including Class of 1962, 1965 and 1967 reunion shirts in
recognition of their great sign up rates for the reunion. If you
want a reunion shirt for your Class, just ask.

My schooling was in Verdun,one year and
Orleans, almost three years. Several of the guys I hung around with in
Orleans, Hurley Wilvert, and another whose name I no longer remember went
there by train a few times and partied our little hearts out. We did
visit cultural icons like the Ifell tower and Notre Dame Cathedral.
I also visited the Left Bank, Crazy Horse Bar and underground Paris. The
"working girls" were not expensive and also not much older than we were.

I completed my college
studies at Kent State (several years after the shootings, although I had
several Profs. who were there at that time) and managed to spend 40 plus
years in the telecommunications business starting with Bell Tel in
Virginia in '63, Mid-Continent in PA, Farmers & Merchants in VA, United
Tel Com in Ohio which Started a long distance company called Sprint
Telecommunications Corp, Then as a VP's gofer in North Carolina for about
a year, then a staff weenie for another Executive VP in Florida for
several years before returning to Sprint Local Telcom in Ohio to close out
my career as a Division Engineering Manager for Ohio, Indiana and Chicago.
Had a hell of a grand time in the ensuing 40 some odd years. Met a
lot of fine folks worked for some really super people and my kids have
friends they stay in touch with in five states. So they had as many
moves as I did growing up but didn't have to have all those damn shots
every time I got transferred overseas like we did. Made a lot of friends
and my wife, kids and I had a heck of a good life. Always some
excitement, never boring with good 'ol Dad.

TO ALL MY FORMER STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO ATTEND THE REUNION (In St
Pete)

In the first place,, I would like to thank warmly all those
students who have insisted to have our participation in the Orleans High
School reunion.Unfortunately, we are both very sorry and disapointed
for we will not be able to be with you in St Petersburgh. Jean-Marie had
a very important surgery in July 2008 in Paris (he stayed 5 days between
life and death) and since then, he goes every year in June, after
different medical tests, for a follow up visit. This visit was yesterday
and the surgeon strongly disaproved this journey to the States, arguing
that the long plane trip would be much too tiring for him. Of course, I
cannot think of going without him and I am very disappointed not to be
able to meet again some of my former students and teachers who will attend
this reunion.We have a wonderful memory of the 1987 reunion in Las
Vegas and regret very much not to be able to attend this one
Incidently, for those who still have the 1967 OHS Annual (Le Troyen
1967), I indicate that on the second picture page which has 3 pictures, in
the picture on the left, the man standing under the statue of Joan of Arc
, representing the Mayor of Orleans is my father (who died several years
ago).This is a strange coincidence, for I remember 1967 as a very sad
year when all my students and all our American friends (Jean-Marie had
also been working for the Army for 14 years) were leaving France

We
wish you a huge success and are sure you will have a great time together !
All our thoughtswill be with you.

Love

Jackie Laplace

P.S. Please, excuse me if my english is not perfect (I have not
spoken english since 2007,the year we left Spain where we lived from
2000 to 2007 and where we had some english friends.

MINI REUNION: GABY MINER Knudson ('64) and DAVE THATCHER ('62): This
past weekend, Dave attended the 50th anniversary reunion of the Class of
'62 from Mineral Wells High School in Mineral Wells, Texas. This is
where he attended the 8th and 9th grades before moving to Orleans.
He had a great time reconnecting with those classmates that he hadn't seen
since 1959. On the way back to Dallas to catch his flight home, he
stopped off in Hurst, Texas to visit Joe and Gaby Knudson. Another
memorable visit, and a nice way to cap off a great weekend.

5 Jun 2012

UPDATE ON PAM BROWNING ('71): When asked about her new job, she
replied:

I always feel
like this answer needs a disclaimer…I spent almost 20 years as a middle
manager in a corporate environment and after being downsized from my cushy
corporate job decided to move in a completely different direction.
So…I’m in school to become certified to teach English as a second language
to adults (getting my teaching certificate and getting certified in ESL).
I teach an ESL once a week. I also trained and became a dog groomer
because I thought it’d be fun…turns out it’s not as fun as I thought it’d
be but for now it’s my primary job….and I just stated at a new place this
past Saturday.

I was also a Paralegal (a
long time ago) and of course had all of the requisite “you’re kidding me,
you did that?” jobs in college. Those included my all-time favorite
which was driving a mid-size Mercedes bus from San Diego to Tecate, Mexico
twice a day for a company called Mexicoach. I was also a
Taco-Bellette and worked at the San Diego State University library in the
University Archives.

3 Jun 2012

MARRIED: ROSIE GIGGEY ('66) TO John S. Mastracchio, her friend of 28
years, on 23 October 2011. New email:
BUCKYSMOMMY@GMAIL.COM.

2 Jun 2012

MARRIED: JIM HERRIOTT ('60) and DIANNA VAUGHAN Herriott ('58) on 5 May
2010. That's right, 2010. The cat's finally out of the bag.
Jim decided he liked the El Paso heat better than the Minnesota Winters,
so he's the one that had the big yard sale.

2 Jun 2012

NEW FIND: CHRISTINA WATSON Brice ('68) living in New York City.
Email: CBRICEMAKEUP@GMAIL.COM
Christina moved to Orleans in 1955 when she was four years old, and left
in 1967, to finish her Senior year at Kaiserslautern, Germany.

1 Jun 2012

UPDATE ON JEFF LAACK ('67): Retired from the Army in 1992 as LTC,
worked for Maritz Marketing Research until 2008, and now teaches part time
at the College of Lake County, his local community college. He and
wife, Eileen, enjoy traveling, and Jeff especially enjoys fishing as the
attached photo attests to. New email:
LAACKWJ@SBCGLOBAL.NET

When questioned about the move,
how he manages to take his job with him, and whether we might see him at
the reunion, he sent the following reply:

To be honest, I haven’t been to the Broken
Spoke since 1968. I will have to check it out. Pflugerville is
at the other end of Austin. Growing up here (every Christmas and
vacation and unaccompanied period during my father’s career) and then
finishing high school and college, there used to be an unwritten rule that
North Austin was more respectable. Things have changed a lot but my
family still lives north and my daughter is in Dallas, less than three
hours from here.

The trick to taking your
job with you is changing careers frequently. After nine years in the
Marines, I joined corporate America so I wouldn’t have to move so much.
I moved 8 more times until three years ago when I retired and started
teaching high school math. I was certified in Georgia and now have a
1 year certificate for Texas. I will be starting a new school year
at one of the high schools in North Austin when the reunion takes place.
With all the other aspects of moving, starting a new year at a new school
will be just too much excitement to be able to take off for a long
weekend.

My lament is that I have
always been in some transition phase for each of the previous OHS
reunions. I am a big fan of gatherings like these and one of my
personal goals is to muster up a contingent of folks like me who didn’t
finish high school at OHS and get them to a reunion. I see only one
or two names that I recognize on the attendee list but there are lots on
your class roster. For example, Judy Nadeau Cuoco has a younger
brother who was in my class. Bitsy Caballero and Gaby Miner are
active and I will make a major push to get all of us to the next reunion.
See you there.

FIFTEEN MINUTES OF FAME: JUD SPENCE '63 is going to be on TV, so get
your DVR or TiVo queued up. The program is called "Final Offer" and
it airs on the Discovery Channel on June 7th at 10:00 pm ET. Jud's
item will be a 300-year old oil painting that his mother bought at an
antique shop in Orleans. The painting sold on the show for an as-yet
undisclosed amount. Tune in for the exciting conclusion.

24 May 2012

UPDATE ON AUBREY ('60) and ABEL ('61) WHITE:

Dave,

I am attaching a couple pictures of Abel and me.
We were part of a group invited to Ft Hood, Texas for a welcome home
ceremony for Viet Nam Veterans. 5 21 2012.

The picture is taken with a replica of a Viet Nam
memorial to be built on the grounds of the State Capital in Austin.

The second is of us with Lieutenant General
Campbell, Commander III Corps and Ft Hood, a friend of Abel's. Abel is on
the right and I am on the left side.

This Thursday we have been invited back to
participate in a "pass in review" with Soldiers on the parade field. I
have not paraded since my change of command, August 1992. This should be
fun!!

We were both interviewed by the local NBC
affiliate. The big question to me was what is the difference between this
welcome home ceremony and when I returned from Viet Nam. My answer was
"that today we were welcomed back and thanked by so many for doing our
duty. It is a great feeling. In 1968, the good news was I did not get spit
on or objects thrown at me as I arrived back in the States, but the bad
news was being heckled by folks with bull horns. There were no
handshakes. But I also knew that the voices of hecklers were not a
reflection of the majority of the folks in this great nation; more
importantly I am so glad to see that today soldiers are welcomed back and
recognized for their service to our nation."

HER MOMENT OF FAME: GUDRUN CLEM Blackmon ('58) is the Juvenile Justice
Coordinator at Ft Bragg, North Carolina. Each year she is
responsible for organizing the Annual Fort Bragg Children's Fest.
This year her efforts received coverage on the US Army's official website.
Click on the following link for the article:
http://www.army.mil/article/78820/. Her response, "First time
I've made U.S. Army worldwide news".

UPATE ON HUDSON FAMILY: CAROLE ('61) and her husband, Frank Robinson, have
been retired about ten years. Carole recently completed an Associate
Degree in Accounting from a local community college, and her husband is
involved in a local antique car club. Carole still cares for her
mother, who has Alzheimers, and is in a local nursing home. Brother,
HAROLD ('65), is still working for Volvo in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania,
and is due to retire in November 2012. Youngest brother, CHUCK
('77), is a Major General in the Marine Corps in Albany, Georgia.
CAROLE'S new email:
FRANKFROBINSON@ATT.NET

UPDATE ON STUART LOUDON ('60): Married to Donna Rivera-Loudon. They
have four grown children, and seven grandchildren. Stu retired in
May, 2003 after 30 years in Community College education as an instructor,
counselor and administrator. Twenty of those years were spent in
California; seven with Barstow College at Fort Irwin, Army National
Training Center (1989-1996); retiriing in 2003 from Barstow College, main
campus. New email:
SLOUDON@VERIZON.NET

I am doing great and took a new position as an Army
Aviation test officer with Computer Science Corporation.I basically test software, hardware, network data on the AH 64
Apache, the KIOWA OH58 and the CH 47 along with the UH 60.I moved from Killeen to Buckholts, Texas and have a20 acre horse
/farm ranch which is doing good. My twin Aubrey (62) retired from
the University of Texas at Austin and enjoys his activities.I did have complete knee replacement recently, but do not use a
cane anymore.LeoLena is the
horse and great barrel racing horse. I enjoy working and being around
people and then getting home to our 14 horses and working with them. My
wife Chris is a great trainer and horse rider.Chris is, a nurse and that has been a blessing.I plan to attend the reunion and get my application in.I did retire from the Army in 1991 after twenty three years of
service and attained the rank of 05,LTC. I served in Viet nam and received
several valor awards as a forward observer and commander in the 1st
Cavalry Airmobile Division (now mech).My twin brother Aubrey recently posted information on VN Vets being
exposed to agent orange and herbicides.I looked into it asi
had quadruple bi pass, then pace maker inserted, then stints.The VA rated me as 80% disabled and the benefits from that have
been rewarding, especially in Texas.If you served in VN may want to read Aubrey's information from last
year posted in OHS class news.My three children all grown up and have their CAREERS.I have two grand daughters and one great grandson, so am blessed
with family.Some of my best
memories are from Orleans American high school and my experiences there.I personally thank Dave for all he does for us.We are blessed.

Photos of Abel, Chris and LeoLena were taken in May, 2011

13 Mar 2012

UPDATE ON JIM CULLINGTON ('64): Jim is a Plastic Surgeon living in
Austin, Texas. He and wife, Gayle, have two daughters and five
grandchildren. His email is
JRCMD@SBCGLOBAL.NET

MINI REUNION: NANCY THATCHER Moore ('64) and her bestest buddy, CHERYL
SWANNACK ('64), paid a visit to their gym teacher, SHARON CLARK Gruber in
Pasadena, California on 1 Feb 2012. Attached is a photo of the three
of them, and also a 3-page article about Sharon and Glenn's marriage that
ran in the Feb 2012 edition of the "Arroya", a magazine about "fine living
in the greater Pasadena area".

Rusty Ralston retired from Blue Ridge Community College on 1 February
2012. In his honor, the college established a scholarship for
veterans to assist them in their education. Veterans benefits don't
always cover everything the students need. This scholarship fund
will help close that gap. The scholarship currently sits at nearly
$7500.

To date, six OHS'ers have made a donation as has the OHS Fund. If
you would like to make a donation, you may contact Amy Kiger at Blue Ridge
Community College. Her contact information is
kigera@brcc.edu and her telephone
number is (540)453-2211. Any size donation will be appreciated.

Rusty has informed me that he will be returning to BRCC in March as an
adjunct instructor of First Aid & CPR. Part-time job with no
benefits, but his wife will not allow him to become a couch-potato.
In fact, he has joined Gold's Gym and is having a great time there.
After sitting behind a desk for the past 12 years, he needs to work out.

1 Feb 2012

UPDATE ON AUBREY WHITE ('60): Aubrey will retire from The University of
Texas at Austin at the end of February, 2012. His new email is
AUBREY.WHITE@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU.

Michael and I live near the beach in Delaware where Michael’s second
career is as a Unitarian Universalists Minister at the Unitarian
Universalists of Southern Delaware in Lewes. Delaware. His first career
was as a civilian in the U.S. Government in Washington, D.C. He also
taught English at several the local community college and at George Mason
University. I was an elementary teacher for the first half of my career
and an elementary counselor the second half. We have three grown
daughters. Mai who lives in Roslyn, VA and works in commercial real
estate. Jenny who lives in Ashburn, VAwith husband Val and 15 month old
Jacob. She works for a recruiting firm as a Project Manager. Holly has a
daycare in her home in Bunker Hill, WV where she lives with her husband
Lee and two sons Ryan 11 and Ethan 9. I am currently on a leave of absence
as a parent educator with Parents as Teachers and I am the Director of
Lifespan Faith Development at Michael’s church.

31 Jan 2012

MOVED: CATHY MACALOS McWhirter ('75) from San Diego, California to
Tarrytown, New York. New email:
MCMAC1013@YAHOO.COM

UPDATE ON: JOHN MCALHANY ('61): married to
Karen for 42 years. BA & MBA from Drury University.
Currently Director of Telecommunications & Media for US and Canada
with Firstsource. New email: JWMCJR@SBCBLOBAL.NET

NEW FIND (via Facebook): FRED FIRMANI ('69)
married and living in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Email: MONTELATICI@AOL.COM

29 Dec 2011

NEW FIND: SANDRA COLLINS ('70) known as SANDRA
HERRMANN at OHS. Living in Austin, Texas. Email:
MUJERESCONDITA@YAHOO.COM.
Sandy is also the Editor of the Frankfurt High School Alumni Association
Newsletter.

My wife and I both retired May of 2009 from
teaching careers. We then bought a houseboat in France that we
named Le Canard Qui Rit. Now, we travel the canals and rivers of
France each year from April until October then return to Arizona for the
other six months of the year so we can avoid France's winter weather.
Our home port is Briare which is not too far from Orleans so we have
been back there several times. In fact I was there this year for
the Fete de Jeanne d'Arc.

21 Dec 2011

UPDATE ON JERRY ANNE HARROLD (History
teacher): She called me tonight to let me know she recently left her
home in Boulder, Colorado, and has taken up residence at the Balfour
Retirement Community in Louisville, Colorado. Her address is 1331
Hecla Dr; Louisville, Co 80027. Her phone is 303-443-5271. She
does not have a computer. She expressed regrets at not being able to
come to the reunion next year. She also said that she'd love to
receive photos of her former charges. We'll send her a nice set from
the reunion, but in the meantime, feel free to send her one of
yourself. One of the reasons she moved is due to the onset of
dementia. She was having trouble remembering names, and she didn't
have her yearbooks with her to jog her memory, but Chuck Ralston, she
remembered you and your Dad and his band.

UPDATE ON NANCY LAFIELD Snee ('65): I
got a call from Nancy's husband, Jim, tonight. He told me that over
a year ago, Nancy was diagnosed with Frontal Temporal Degeneration (FTD),
a form of dementia, and is now living at the Arden Courts assisted living
facility in Kensington, Maryland, and will finish out her life
there. Jim's email is DERWOODJIM@COMCAST.NET

While in Paris over Thanksgiving, I had
dejeuner avec Jean-Claude a l'Hotel Marriott who looks wonderful, en
pleine forme et de bonne sante.

He wanted to know about everyone's interest
in another reunion in Orleans, and when I said it looked as though the
idea was dying aborning, he threw out a terrific idea that may get us back
on track.

He said he would be willing to act as
liaison between us and le maire d'Orleans to see if he, the mayor, would
be agreeable to erecting a commemorative plaque with a bit of history
explaining the role of the US militaire and its contribution to Orleans
during, quoi, 1954-1967. Jean-Claude also had the creative idea for us to
hold our reunion in May so we could, with the support and agreement of
Monsieur le maire, participate in the Jeanne d'Arc parade.

Jean-Claude made the interesting
observation that many people in our old hometown are of such recent
generations they have no idea we were even there.

Jean-Claude "arranges things between
governments," as my brother Jon once put it, and as un avocat,
Jean-Claude's legal negotiating still takes him to Africa where he's
fluent in several languages.

Regarding our reunion, Jean-Claude is
interested in contacting the mayor of Orleans to propose this idea and
take the lead in what the plaque would say and how to maneuver through all
the steps.

Just imagining this possibility, I invite
anyone interested to begin thinking how we might have our fathers'
contributions--and our own--remembered. If we begin now to discuss through
email exchanges in shared broadcast, we have the luxury of having five
months to plan.

Rick Negrete organized our first Orleanais
reunion, and all of us riding on the bus from the Olivet side of the Loire
remember the moment we collectively saw the stunning view of our charming,
magical city, and spontaneously burst into tears.

Am smiling as I write, thinking of all the
growing-up nonsense we got into and how that could be commemorated in a
Bill Murray-Woody Allen film . . . and plaque?

By the way, "Midnight in Paris"
was featured on the flight home, and I recommend it. Non-Orleans friends
popped out of the woodwork to urge me to see it. Now, my second day back
from Paris, am already taking steps to return.

UPDATE ON SUSAN TITUS ('61): In a recent
email, Susan writes "I teach undergraduate and graduate students at
Wayne State University, in the School of Social Work. I teach Social
Welfare Policy History, and Introduction to Community Social Work. I
have been a professional social worker my entire career, but not a case
worker who sees individuals and families. My work has been as the
executive director of several different advocacy agencies, and as a
legislative assistant to an elected official. I am currently
president of the Union of Part Time Faculty at Wayne State University,
which I helped organize (unpaid, but a fun job)."

NEW FIND: JOHN COLLINS ('66) known as JOHN HERRMANN at
OHS. Married and living in Franklin, Tennessee. Email: HWIMMER@BELLSOUTH.NET

12 Oct 2011

UPDATE ON LYNN TYLER ('62): Lynn has a
project that she is passionate about, and has been working on for 11
years. You can read about it on her website at WWW.LYNNTYLER.COM.
Her email address is LYNN@LYNNTYLER.COM.

UPDATE ON RAY NOVECK ('61): Ray has
written a novel entitled Reunited, The Life and Loves of an Army Brat.
It can be ordered thru Amazon.Com, BarnesAndNoble.Com, or IUniverse.Com.
Ray's new email is RNOVECK@RCN.COM

NEW FIND: JOSETTE ETTWEIN Winslow (Faculty,
Assistant Secretary from 1961-1962) widowed and living in Orlando,
Florida. She can be reached thru her daugher's email at ERIKA.WINSLOW@YAHOO.COM
Found by Jud Spence '63. Photo is from 1962 yearbook.

I am still on the Island of Providenciales
(Provo), in the Turks and Caicos Islands ... since 1985.
I grow Palm trees and sell them to the hotels, condos, and whoever else
wants them and has money...... www.sunshinenursery.tc

My hobby is old french cars, which I got hooked on while living in
Orleans, then later in Germany, (Graduated K Town 1970)
and my first 17 cars were Peugeot 404's, I was buying them from german
junkyards and fixing them up, a little then selling them to GI's and the
green license plates..

I participate in many car rallies with these cars, now mostly Citroen
Traction Avant, I have 5 total, 2 in Australia, where we have
done 4 major cross country rallies since 98, I keep one in France,
(we have a house in Aix en Provence), and have driven it to Moscow and St
Petersburg, then I have 2 here on Provo .. hey the Island is
20 miles long. That web site is: http://mikegiese.wordpress.com/

This would be a great place for a reunion sometime in the middle of Feb.
when its freezing up where you are, check it out... airport
code is PLS... and plenty of airlines are flying here
now... not like when I got here... when we
were happy to have a couple charters a week....

3 Aug 2011

MOVED: LAURIE ROTH ('67) from Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania to Rustrel, France, where she will own and operate a
B&B. OHSers welcome. Her email remains: LAURIESROTH@YAHOO.COM

2 Aug 2011

UPDATE ON SHEILA TRUBACEK ('57): Sheila
lives in France, and has spent the last 30 years working as a Paris
Haute couture model. She has had numerous acting roles in motion
pictures, and has been covered extensively on the TV and in print.
Sheila also creates her own semi-precious jewelry. You'll find a
photo of her on the Class of '57 photo page. Her email is: STRUBACEK@GMAIL.COM.

1 Aug 2011

NEW FIND: ROBERT & EUNICE
ATKINS (parents of Sue '67, and Kathy '68) living in Leavenworth,
Kansas. Email: ROBERTA664@SBCGLOBAL.NET

The Veterans Administration is required to look at cases submitted during
the the period 25 Sep 1985 to 31 August 2010. There was a class action
suit and you may find more information on this by googling "benefits
to certain Nehmer class members" or contact a veterans organization
for assistance.

Ischemic Heart Desease was added to the list of diseases related to Agent
Orange. I believe there was approximately 11 million gallons of
agent orange dispensed in all 4 combat zones of Vietnam. To get
consideration, whether a living veteran or survivor of a veteran, you must
show proof that claimant was in Vietnam. A DD 214 or efficiency reports
will do as well as medals.

In my case, Aubrey White, the Texas Veterans Commission has been a big
help. Do not count on the VA helping you. Most states have a similar type
state organization to help veterans. You may now also use civilian medical
records as well as military medical records. There is potentially tens of
thousands of dollars available per claimant, so it is worth investigating
eligibility.

Remembering PETE DONNELL
('59): Pete graduated from OHS in 1959, from West Point in 1966, and
was killed in Vietnam in 1968. I recently got the following email
from his high school classmate, JUDY HOLDSWORTH Scott ('60):

Dave, this is the link to Pete Donnell's
page for the unit he was with when he was killed in Vietnam. The
webmaster has asked for tributes, comments , and other information on
Pete for his page. They would also like any photos. I know he
graduated from West Point but I was not able to get a photo of him from
them. Maybe someone else who graduated from West Point can provide
a photo. I tried to e-mail them some pictures of Pete from the OHS
yearbook of 1959 but was not successful. Will you please post this
and ask others from OHS to write something on Pete's wall? and any
photos they may have? He was the vice president of the senior
class of '59 and president of the student council that year.

The information should go to The Jimersons
and the e-mail address is cat@jimersons.us

or maybe it can be posted directly at the
address below. Thanks very much, Judy Holdsworth Scott

My thanks to ED NELSON ('64) for providing the West Point photo of Pete

13 Jun 2011

1964 Yearbook online
again: Many thanks to YVONNE FREDERICK Griffiths ('66) for taking
the time to provide us with an online copy of the 1964 Le Troyen.
You'll find a link to it at the "Yearbooks and Newspapers
Online" button.

13 Jun 2011

UPDATE FROM JIM CHRISTOL ('65)

What a coincidence - - Rusty and Nancy Ralston & Jim and Donna
Christol happened to book the same river cruise/winery tour 4 June 2011.
The cruise was up the Rappahonnack River to the Ingleside Winery. There
was a good tour of the winery and lunch. They had a nice little
museum and of course a gift shop. The wine tasting was popular with
the four of us. Rusty was well prepared on the boat with wine and
cheese plus beer in his cooler. Good time!

13 Jun 2011

UPDATE FROM TOM CAMPION ('67):

"Almost 62 in a few days. Started a new career with a large
Australian/USA firm not quite a year ago. Am VP of MFG with
plants
located in FL, TX, CA, AZ, WA, CO, MO, NV, Mexico and Trinidad.
Couldn't take the retirement gig. After getting about 5 handicap,
jumping in my pool, traveling lots, too much Crown Royal (much too early
in the day)....etc......I decided to go back to work. Best thing I
ever
did. I have an office in LA, Atlanta and Florida. Life is good
and I am very lucky. Just got back from South Beach, Miami,
last weekend. I
have a factory just north of Miami. I love Miami and love the
beaches in Florida. Once in awhile I think about how I got to the
USA with $200 in my pocket and that is it. After I graduated from
OHS in Orleans, I left Belgium in Sept. 1967 by myself, having only been
to the USA once for about 3 months in 3rd grade. My
grandfather in Liege, Belgium wished me well and then I left. What a
trip. I got to Ohio and didn't
even know where that was. Had to show my grandparents on a map.
And of course they could not pronounce Ohio correctly, nor could I.

PS: Bert Flannery----I was on the side of road between France and Germany
when I saw you on your Honda with your parents following you as we were
leaving France. Won't tell you what I was doing on the side of the
road..................unless you ask.

I head to Sacramento and San Fransico next week.

And this coming October/Nov I head back to Brussels, Paris, Orleans and
then Bratislava, SK (where I worked). Have already taken about 20+
of my USA friends over to Paris and Orleans over the last few years.
Been back many many times since I left Europe and while living Slovakia.
Have to get my Orleans fix. Always!

And have a trip on the Siberian Express planned soon. Moscow to
Beijing. Back pack, toothbrush..............and life! Life
begins at 60!!!!!

Dave------Anyway, hopefully one day we can have a reunion in Miami or
TampaBay and I would be glad to make it happen. Both places are
great with many beaches. Of course I prefer South Beach for
many reasons. And, I think about Orleans lots."

REFOUND: JUDY FERNANDES ('64)
still living in Eugene, Oregon. New email: JUDITHFERNANDES8@GMAIL.COM .
Judy writes "My work with the Northwest Indian Language Institute is
that of a consultant helping Native teachers with the preservation of
their languages. I write and develop language immersion curriculum with
the tribes, train teachers in language teaching methods and strategies and
I write curriculum for a community college course in "chinuk-wawa."
The work is very enriching. As an outsider to native cultures, I must work
cautiously and with deep respect."

UPDATE ON GARY CAMPBELL ('63):
married and living in Parkville, Missouri. Gary and Tanya have been
married since 1987. They have three grown children and a sampling of
grandchildren. Gary retired from the Army in 1991 as a Master
Sergeant, and now works for the Department of Homeland Security.
Tanya served five years in uniform, part of that in Vietnam, and now works
for the IRS. Their email is MRSTCCAMPBELL@GMAIL.COM

MOVED: CHUCK WISE ('64) has
parked his camel, holstered his guns, and returned to the USA after 5-year
contract stint in Iraq for L-3/MPRI. Now he can get back to cutting
grass and doing house repairs while contemplating whether or not to accept
an offer for work in Afghanistan. Whadda ya think? Will grass
cutting and trips to Home Depot be exciting enough for him?